Arizona silver belt., 1887-12-03
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 acquainted with said land " q person. al examination of cash and every legal subdivision thereof; that ] have heeB
 aeanainted with t for years last past that have fl'equentlY passed over iti that my kfioWledge Of fsaid lana Sa such as te enable mr 70 testify nnderstandingly eonherning it; that tte same i8 desert land within the
 meaning of the second section Of tbe act of Congress approved March 3,
 1877, entitled An AyIt to provide for the sale Of desert lands in certaln States and ferutoriel; that and hnd
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 and that there E tbreiagh q upon said land (nams aad deilcfibe all water courses, sprinss or other bodies of watei tlA&t said land K notnatu- rally irrigated or witered, nor oyel- flowed at any season Of the year by tue iorogoiag or any natural stream, spring, or other body of water; that water 10 iFrigate saifl land can be ob- tanned from a distance of
 from said land thst.the character of fae soil is thtt t produces a natural growth of tAat said land will pot without artificial irrigation, produce aa agricultural crop Of any Kind in amount reasonably remunefa- tive, and that it wilgnet, when nnfed by grazing animals produce native grasses sufficient in quantity 10 make sn ordinary crop c hay in usual sea sons that there arc no tFess growiug on sail land, but thst tbe sama is ~. void Of timber said land does not con tan moisture sufIicient ta produce 2 natural growth of trces tbat the samo is essentially ary ana aid land, whoi " unfit for caltigatipn without artiG eiel Irrigation that eaid land cannot be successfully cultivated without be- ing reclaimed W conducting water thereou that saia land has hltheFto been npapproprii,iea, nnoccupied, and unsettled bsea9s'i II bag bean impossi .bie to eulfisais ( successfully ou ac, count of its dty Apd arid condition that i is faet lTeil known, patent aud natoraous that tue same will not, in its natnFal condition, produce any cropi tllat 10 portion of gaid land has ever baen reclaimsd " conducting water thereon andtbat there are no lands in ths qicirity of this tract that ara e haye beeu cultivated without artiaeial mrigatioa And l inrthcr declare that there x not, to niy kaewl. edge, withtu the limits orsgid land any vein of lode of quartz, of oRher roeA in place bearins gola silver ciunabar, lsad, tin, er eopper or any depesit N eoal that taeTe is nots wlsh in tlie limits of aai} lapa 10 ay knowI .edge ary placer cement, gravel, or otAsr yalGabls mineral deposit or sa. liles. tbat 10 portion et said land x. elalmea for hiiniRg purposes under the ieeai cusipms or rules of miners. or otherwise that no portion of said land is worked for mineral during any part of the year " any person or per- soils; and tbat said and ls essentially aop-mineral land And further ds- clare that ! make ihis affidavit at thc. rsauestof and that ] am not in. teresied in any way or manner, dlreet- ", q indirectly present or prospe live, sn the application CT declaration in support Of wbEeh this affidavit is made itar in the iand itself nor ia any tItle thereto hhict may be acquired hy saia applicant tSF anF other fereoll.
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